Arsenal crisis worsens as Mikel Arteta suffers huge injury scare for Liverpool clash

Arsenal have been dealt another blow after Riccardo Calafiori was forced off the field due to injury against Shakhtar Donetsk.

The Italian defender appeared to hurt his knee before being replaced by Myles Lewis-Skelly. The ex-Bologna star, , received treatment on the field before walking off the pitch accompanied by a physio.

Calafiori failed to keep his balance as his foot slid across the turf at the Emirates, seeing his opposite knee bend awkwardly to the floor. The landing will leave sweating over his fitness.

is with this weekend after being sent-off against , while Jurrien and missed the match on Tuesday evening. could be left scrambling around for defenders with Takehiro Tomiyasu also ruled out due to injury.

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The north London side also await further news on as the talisman missed a second successive match and is in a race to be fit to face the Reds. Ahead of the match with Shakhtar, Arteta did not offer a very hopeful reponse.

"At the moment I'm not very helpful. Let's see," he said. "We still have a few days."

The Gunners will still be without captain Martin Odegaard for the visit of Liverpool too. The Norway international has been absent since early September but is said to be 'progressing well'.

Speaking ahead of defeat to the Cherries, Arteta said: “Next week will be a different story, but again, in that later stage of rehab where he is at the moment, because he’s doing already a lot of the stuff, he needs to clear some markers, he needs to clear certain things, he needs to be comfortable doing things especially with the ball. I think next week will be crucial to understand how close he is.”

Liverpool could also see the absence of key personnel after Diogo Jota picked up an injury against . The forward has not travelled for Liverpool's match with RB Leipzig but was uncertain on the timeframe of a return.

"It is difficult to judge at this moment of time to see how long it is going to take," said Slot.

“Ribs? He felt somewhere over here, it is bruised I think, so we'll have to see how long it is going to take.

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